Daner, who is stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington, then told his supervisors that he was heading to Colorado Springs to kill his ex and her new boyfriend, then kill himself.

I assume this was in a letter or something? Because, I am trying to imagine the scenario where he says this in person...

Daner: "Hi, I am going to take a few days leave, ok?"Boss: "Sure, what you have planned?"Daner: "I'm going to go kill my slutty ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, and then I'll probably kill myself"Boss: "Well, have fun, see you Monday!"

"Told" is poor verbiage for the article if it was written though, at least to me, that insinuates being spoken to.

When people would find out where I was stationed over in the past, they would usually ask "my cousin (insertname) is a Marine, do you know him?" After making a judgement call on race my response would always be "yeah, he's a (insertrace) guy, about 5'5" to 6", in shape, short hair right?".They'ed say yes and walk away pleased.